Bhaskaran Praveena Nediyara, Puliyel Mammen, Myers Melissa, Abughali Nazha
Departments of Pediatrics, Metro Health Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA. Correspondence to: Dr Praveena Nediyara Bhaskaran, Department of Pediatrics, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH-44109, USA.
Departments of Pediatric Hematology, Metro Health Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA.
Indian Pediatr. 2018 Feb 15;55(2):161-162.
Infectious mononucleosis is usually a self-limiting illness, but can be rarely associated with complications.
A 17-year-old boy with Epstein-Barr virus related infectious mononucleosis and cold antibody-mediated autoimmune hemolytic anemia with incidentally noted multiple pulmonary nodules.
Nodules regressed over the next few weeks without specific therapy.
Pediatricians need to be aware of this rare clinical presentation of infectious mononucleosis so that further invasive testing can be avoided.
